Created by Brian

Armstrong Adams

Birth

6 Dec 1829

Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA

Death

25 Sep 1912 (aged 82)

Retsil, Kitsap County, Washington, USA

Burial

Washington Veterans Home Cemetery

Retsil, Kitsap County, Washington, USA

Memorial ID 5559014

from Denise Ottoson:

•Birth: 6 DEC 1829 in Pulaski County, KY

•Death: 25 SEP 1912 in Washington Veterans Home, Retsil, Kitsap County, WA

•Burial: Veterans Home Cemetery, Retsil, Kitsap County, WA

•Residence: 1910 Tacoma, Pierce County, WA

•Residence: 1890 Walla Walla County, WA

•Residence: 1900 Fox Island Washington

He was born in Pulaski Co Kentucky.

Residence was not listed;

Enlisted on 7/26/1861 at Camp Dick Robinson, KY as a Comm Sergt.

On 10/8/1861 he mustered into Field & Staff KY 3rd Infantry

He was discharged for disability on 5/15/1862 at Shiloh, TN

Father: James Adams b: 24 JUL 1789

Mother: Elizabeth Betsy Kerr

Born in Pulaski County, Kentucky. Enlisted in the 3rd Kentucky Infantry for three years at Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky. Mustered in as a Private in Company H at Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky on 8 Oct 1861. Promoted to Commissary Sergeant and transferred to Field and Staff (F&S) on 10 Oct 1861. Wounded at Shiloh, Tennessee (date not stated). Discharged on a Surgeon's certificate of disability at Shiloh, Tennessee. Elected a member of Custer Post No. 6 of Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington on 17 Feb 1912 and mustered in at his residence sometime between 17 Feb 1912 and 24 Feb 1912. Admitted to the Washington State Soldiers Home at Orting, Pierce County, Washington on 1 Jun 1912 and honorably discharged on 4 Sep 1912. Admitted to the Washington State Veterans Home at Retsil, Kitsap County, Washington on 6 Sep 1912 where he apparently died. All dates of his military service are found in his complied military service record.

Source: https://www.suvcwdb.org/index.php?r=site/showgrave&graveid=188083

Buried at Veterans Home Cemetery in Retsil
Row: PlotSection 4, Lot 1